PFNC Global Communities, shipping container homes for the homeless

A company out of New Mexico, PFNC Global Communities, has come up with a novel solution to the growing homeless problem; turn shipping containers into social housing.  Career homebuilder Brian McCarthy...

Shipping containers could be 'dream' homes for thousands

This type of thing should have been done for Katrina victims, and with today's economy and foreclosures, this could end up being the home for millions of Americans."CORRALES, New Mexico (AP) -- It was a side trip...

Cuts to 'Right to Buy' have kicked away the housing ladder for many, say Wils...

22nd September 2008 The Government was today criticised by Reading East MP, Rob Wilson, and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Reading West, Alok Sharma, for its cuts to Council tenants’ rights to buy their home. New figures reveal how Right to Buy discounts have...

Blue-Scarf Housing "STANDS" Spread to 13 Vancouver Street Corners as Olympics...

Every Saturday people wearing blue scarves and holding blue banners meet for an hour between 1 and 2 p.m. on street corners in Vancouver. They are demanding more social housing, less conversion of rental housing...

Gastown Sells Out

The Vancouver East Side has sold its heritage in order to clean up the homeless people who convene around the Gastown area.  The new development only makes use of a small piece of the...

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